Consumer Defense Clinics: Building a Courthouse Clinic from the Ground Up

More than two-thirds of litigants in civil debt collection cases in the U.S. go through the court process unrepresented. As a result, many unrepresented consumers do not know how to…

Gathering, Preserving, and Leveraging Evidence in FDCPA and TCPA Cases

Evidence handling is crucial to efficiently and effectively winning your FDCPA/TCPA cases. You can win these cases if you approach evidence gathering and preservation early—long before a case is ever…

Tax Initiative Update – 2015

Benjamin Franklin quipped that “nothing can be certain, except death and taxes.” It is surprising, however, that your clients are taxed on the attorney’s fees that you earn while representing…

Debt Defense 101 Trial Preparation

This webinar will discuss how to defend a consumer debt collection case at trial. It will first very briefly review the information, documents, and testimony you should optimally obtain in…

Ethical Considerations for FDCPA Practitioners

Maintaining a practice concentrating on claims under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act comes with its own ethical challenges. Join us July 1st for a webinar by David J. Philipps,…

Let’s Get Ethical

Legal ethics is a minefield for the unwary lawyer. The program will address common ethics issues that arise in handling consumer matters, including whether one can ethically suggest that a…

Ethics in Consumer Cases: How Not to Look Sleazy

Consumer attorneys frequently encounter a specific set of ethics dilemmas that are unique to consumer cases. Unlike the typically broad, sweeping Ethics Overview CLE, this interactive online course is designed…